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The Kitchen Garden

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Factual: Homes & Gardens: Gardens

Pennie Latin

Celebrating the sheer joy of growing and cooking your own fruits, herbs and vegetables.

The Kitchen Garden team celebrate the joy of growing and cooking your own fruits, herbs and vegetables.

The Kitchen Garden: 03/10/2014

03/10/2014

BBC Radio Scotland - The Kitchen Garden, 03/10/2014

Cooking with leeks and nasturtium leaves, plus a look back at the grow-your-own season.

Chef Christopher Trotter cooks with leeks and nasturtium leaves, plus a look back at the grow-your-own season and advice for growing fruit and vegetables in the next year.

Chef and author Christopher Trotter cooks live in the BBC garden in Inverness with fresh, seasonal produce. This week he's using leeks and nasturtium leaves.

Allotment plot holders Richard, Kevin, Cath and Dan talk about how the growing season has been at Hawthorn Allotments in Inverness and share their highs and lows from this year's grow-your-own. What have been your heroes and villains in the veg plot?!

If you've been inspired to try growing your own produce next year then gardening expert Nicola Singleton advises on how to begin, what to do in the coming weeks and months and which fruit, veg and herbs are the easiest to start off with.

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